"waste sanity by fear" is effectively a call that means "You take one point of sanity-damage, this is an effect by fear which you may be able to disregard, negate, or purge" it's the sanity equivalent of a single point of uncalled damage. Like from a single boffer strike.

Originally, Horrify had allowed someone to throw a single packet with the call "Waste Three Sanity By Fear" which amounted to the sanity equivalent of called damage. I don't know what the heck that would have caused to happen - whether there's a sanity 'bleed out' or something.

You have to look under the Effects & Traits section.


Dwayne

The original skill as written was not very cost-effective.
You got one packet, and if you missed / was dodged -
oh well.

After some discussion, rather than change values, costs, or
effects, it seemed reasonable to simply change it to
3 packets, 1 SAN loss each. That gave more of a chance
to at least gain some effect from the psionic effect.

Little things can make serious changes in effect !

-Chris